People are upset. I’m upset. I’m a very patient man, but I am angry right now.

And so is it better for them, probably, to be physically separated right now? Yeah, probably is, frankly.

The House did its job.

I voted for it, Republicans did, 99% of Democrats voted not to pay our troops.

They’re trying to make this about health care. It’s not. It’s about keeping Congress operating so we can get to health care. We always were going to. They’re lying to you.

the ones delivering for you

The Democrats are the ones that are preventing you from getting a check.

In my view, you would have Lee Greenwood or role models doing that. Not somebody like this.

I want you to hear something very clearly: The Republicans are the ones delivering for you.

We put that bill on the floor, and the Republicans voted to pay the troops, TSA agents, border patrol, air traffic and everybody else.

I am begging you to pass this legislation.

Yeah, reopen the government so we can get back to work.

That's totally absurd. You guys are experts at red herrings and distractions. It has nothing to do with Epstein.

This is a publicity stunt.

It has always been the case, that is tradition and I think it is statutory law, that federal employees be paid. And that’s my position. I think they should be.

The House is done. The ball is now in the Senate's court.

It's my understanding that the law is that they would be paid. There is some other legal analysis that is floating around.

We have all voted repeatedly, over and over, to keep the government open, and it comes down to the necessity of 60 votes in the Senate.